Tripod .. please help!!

SkipD wrote in post #6052717
I do believe that the 3001 and 3021 model numbers were for the U.S. market only. The 190 and 055 lines have been around for quite a while in Europe, though there are variations of each over time.

'a while'...does that cover 15 years ago?

Wilt wrote in post #6052886
'a while'...does that cover 15 years ago?

Dunno....

I do know when I was shopping for tripods and settled on the 3021BPro six or seven years ago (?), the same thing was known as one of the 055 variants in Europe at the time.

Have a look at this http://reallyrightstuf​f.com/tripods/index.ht​ml before you decide.

SkipD wrote in post #6052717
I do believe that the 3001 and 3021 model numbers were for the U.S. market only. The 190 and 055 lines have been around for quite a while in Europe, though there are variations of each over time.

At Bogen's web site, repair page quite distinctly lists different repair prices for 3001 vs. 190, and 3021 vs. 055, and also gives specific TRADE in prices, so that proves the point about these NOT being same tripod with different labels.

http://www.bogenimagin​g.us …/off/lang/en_US​/pid/14128

For example 3001 repair is $42-61, 190 repair is $33
3021/3221 repair is $66-73, 055 repair is $45

Trade in 3001 for 190 are shown at $81-122
and trade in 3021 for 055 are shown at $133-141

Colleague of mine has an old 3001 (I think), with screw locks (not twist, but screw) instead of flip locks.

René Damkot wrote in post #6058240
Colleague of mine has an old 3001 (I think), with screw locks (not twist, but screw) instead of flip locks.

Yeah, unless at some point in time 15 years ago, you could find a reference to the Bogen 3001 being identical to Manfrotto 190, it gets muddied. The references to 3001 and 190 'same as' are all only within the past 2 years or so on the web. Even a 1893 3021 is not 'the same' as a 2007 3021Pro! Different specs entirely. Sort of like saying BMW 325i (from 1987) is 'same as' BMW 325i (from 2001) what was delivered is entirely different!